sommelier

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine) sommelier, wine steward (a person who is in charge of the wine cellar in a restaurant)
2. (masculine) the person in charge of bread, linens, crockery, and liquor; the chief of table setting
3. (masculine, obsolete) the person in charge of the wine convoy, its beasts of burden, and its protection

Synonymes

majordome

caviste

préposé aux vins

viticulteur

bouteiller

butler

Traductions

sommelier

Sommelier

sommelier

mayordomo

sommelier

mordomo

wine waiter

wine steward

sommelier

sumiller

butler

wijnkelner

cantiniere

maggiordomo

Weinkellner

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɔ.mə.lje/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de latin: sagma

In summary

From somme + -ier; ultimately from bête de somme; somme is from Vulgar Latin *salma, from Latin sagma (“packsaddle”).